BIRMINGHAM | A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Tuscaloosa man to nearly six years in prison for possession of child pornography, according to a news release.

Bruce Henry, 37, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing child pornography, states the release from from U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agent in Charge Raymond R. Parmer Jr. and Alabama Department of Public Safety Director Hugh B. McCall.
U.S. District Judge Inge P. Johnson sentenced Henry and ordered that he be taken into custody immediately.

Henry must serve five years of supervised release after completing his six-year prison term.

According to Henry’s plea agreement, he possessed more than 300 images of child pornography that he obtained through the Internet between April 1, 2009, and April 1, 2011.

“This defendant did not just look at a few images once in his life, but used technology for years to possess hundreds of images that depict the rape and exploitation of prepubescent children,” according to the sentencing memorandum.

ICE and the Alabama Bureau of Investigation investigated the case, and it was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel J. Fortune.